Garment-buckle.



- M. RUBIN.

GARMENT BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1909.

Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

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E In Ill Inventor MAX RUBIN, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

GARMENT-BUCKLE.

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Application filed September 28, 1909.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

Serial No. 520,031.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lltiAX RUBIN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Buckles,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in garment bucklesand more particularly to improvements in that class of such buckles inwhich the back of the buckle is covered by a portion of the webbing onwhich the buckle is held, thus protecting the buckle from perspirationand also protecting the garments from being soiled by coming in contactwith the buckles.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved buckle ofthis kind which is simple in construction, strong and durable and bymeans of which a firm and unslipping grip is secured upon the webbingwithout any danger of tearing the latter.

1n the accompanying drawings in which like letters of reference indicatelike parts in all the figures; one construct-ion of my buckle is shownand in these drawings Figure 1 is a front view of the buckle on the web.Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line a: a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a frontview of the buckle partly open. Fig. 1 is a back view of the buckleclosed. Fig. 5 is an end view of the buckle open. Fig. 6 is a back viewof the buckle closed. Fig. 7 is a View of the blank from which the leverof the buckle is stamped.

The buckle is composed of two parts, namely the front of lever part 1and the back or plate 2 and this buckle is to be applied on a suitableweb 3. The two parts 1 and 2 are hinged together by means of hingepintles 4 formed on the plate 2 and extending into or through suitableholes or sockets 5 formed at the ends of the front or lever portion, ina manner to be described.

The front or lever part 1 is provided with a thumb piece or finger piece6 projecting from the bottom edge of the front prefer ably at the centerand this thumb piece may be of any suitable shape or design or finish.The upper edge part of the front or edge part 1 is bent over toward therear and then downward at the rear face of the front 1 and substantiallyparallel therewith as at for a distance a little less than the width ofthe opening in the back of the buckle and this portion 7 bent down atthe back is a short distance from the rear face of the front or leverpart, and then the free edge of the bent over part 7 is bentsubstantially at right angles toward and against the rear face of thefront or lever part 1, to form a shoulder 8 on the rear face of saidfront or lever part, which shoulder 8 extends parallel with the top edgeof said front or lengthwise of the front. The ends 9 of the bent overportion 7 are also bent substantially at right angles against the rearface of the front or lever portion so as to form continuous unbrokenreinforced ends and by bending these ends the sockets 5 are formed forthe reception of the hinge pintles. The shoulder S is provided with oneor more openings 10 having end edges 11.

The back 2 is provided with a longitudinal opening 12 through which theweb 3 is passed as for example shown in Fig. 2. It will thus be seenthat one layer of this web rests upon the upper edge of the bottom part13 of the back as at a and a second layer of web Z) rests upon the layera and there will thus be two layers of web between the shoulder 8 andthe upper edge of the bottom part 13. This upper edge of the bottom part13 is provided ith a projection 14 slightly shorter from end to end thanthe opening 10, in the shoulder 8 from end to end directly opposite saidopening.

When the lever or plate 2 is turned or pressed down upon the face of theouter web as shown in Fig. 2 the projection 1 1 forces portions of theweb upward and portions of the upper layer Z) will be forced more orless into the opening 10 and thus part of the web will engage and bindon the ends of the opening 10 thus giving a firm and non-slipping grip.lVhen the lever 2 is raised the portion Z) of the web can be passedfreely through the opening 12 in the back 2 and adjusted as may bedesired and then locked by turning down the lever or front 1.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A two piece buckle composed of a lever portion and back plate hingedthereto, the lever portion having its upper part bent over at the rearface of the lever to extend downward a short distance and then bentsubstantially at right angles to said rear face of the lever, therebyforming a hollow at the back of the lever and also forming a shoulder atthe rear face of the lever, which shoulder extends lengthwise of saidlever and which shoulder is provided with an opening, the back platebeing provided in its upper edge with a projection opposite saidopening, and the back plate being provided with hinge pins at its endsand the lever portion being provided with continuous unbroken reinforcedends formed by turning over the lever plate at the ends of the shouldersaid ends having apertures for the reception of the hinge pins,substantially as set forth.

2. A two piece buckle composed of a lever 15 portion and back providedwith hinge pins,l

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for the two parts being hingedtogether, the lever portion being provided with continuous unbrokenreinforced ends formed by turning over the lever plate upon its backalong its edge and at the ends, said ends having 20 MAX RUBIN.

lVitnesses OSCAR F. GUNZ, R. G. BREEN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington,D. G.

